A/N: The beginning of this chapter might not seem inportant, but trust me, it is. I don't own the song Dark Days by The Punch Brothers that I used in the last chapter, or the songs I used in this chapter I Love It by Icona Pop, American Pie by Don Mclean, or Tomorrow Will be Kinder by The Secret Sisters.
"I said no!" I told Holly for the thousandth time.
"Why not?" Holly asked.
"I don't like parties like this," I said.
"Who doesn't like parties?" asked Holly.
"Me," I said.
"Let's make a deal," Holly said. "You go to the party for half and hour, and that's all."
"And what's in it for me?" I asked.
"Twenty dollars," said Holly.
Damn! This girl knew my weakness.
"Fine," I said giving in.
I kept the promise I made to Holly and went to the party. It was at Holly's sister, Stella's, house.
I was starting to get tired and I think that was my dream telling me it was time for Mabelle to wake up. I fought it, though I was actually having fun.
Holly, who was wearing a mint green tiered tank with white dots and while skinny jeans, Bailey, who was wearing denim white bralet with pastel flowers and denim short shorts, Amy, who was wearing a pink with white polka dot tie front blouse with no sleeves and denim skinny jeans, Tiffy, who was wearing a green and orange floral bralet and denim short shorts, Della, who was wearing a green tie front blouse with no sleeves and denim skinny jeans, Chealsa, who was wearing a plain embelished dark purple tank top and matching denim short shorts, Toni, who was wearing a similair outfit to Chealsa only in a hot pink, Mimi, who was wearing a black and white striped skater dress and big black high heel shoes, Tori, who was wearing an outfit similair to Chealsa and Toni except in dark blue, Kitty, who was wearing a red skater dress, big red high heel shoes, and a bow headband in her hair, Bitzi, who was wearing a yellow and green floral bralet top and yellow denim short shorts, Disee, who was wearing an outfit similair to Chealsa, Toni, and Tori, except in black, Sammy, Sophie, who was wearing a yellow sleeveless blouse and matching denim short shorts similair to Bitzi's and I were dancing in a circle. I was wearing a pastl blue and white gingham bralet and short shorts.
I got this this feeling on a summer day when you were gone
I crashed my car into the bridge, I watched, I let it burn
I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs
I crashed my car into the bridge
I don't care, I love it
I don't care
I got this feeling on a summer day when you were gone
I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn
I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs
I crashed my car into the bridge
I don't care, I love it
I don't care
You're on a different road, I'm in the Milky Way
You want me down on earth, but I am up in space
You're so damn hard to please, we gotta kill this switch
You're from the 70's but I'm a 90's bitch
I love it!
I love it!
I got this feeling on a summer day when you were gone
I crashed my car into the bridge. I watched, I let it burn
I threw your shit into a bag and pushed it down the stairs
I crashed my car into the bridge
I don't care, I love it
I don't care, I love it, I love it
I don't care, I love it
I don't care
You're on a different road, I'm in the Milky way
You want me down on earth, but I am up in space
You're so damn hard to please, we gotta kill this switch
You're from the 70's, but I'm a 90's bitch
I don't care, I love it
I don't care, I love it, I love it
I don't care, I love it
I don't care, I love it, I love it
I don't care
I love it
"Whoo!" we all screamed putting our hands up. We laughed.
"You having a fun?" Holly asked putting an arm around me.
"I actually am," I said.
"Great," said Holly.
After a while we started to get bored at the party and decided to hit the park and cause trouble there.
"Oh, sorry," I said as I bumped into someone.
"It's fine," said the boy I bumped into. He had brown hair and brown eyes.
"I'm Mia," I said. "But everyone calls me Mimsy," I said.
"I'm Hunter Wood," he said.
"Mimsy," said Holly, "let's go."
"I'll be out in a minute," I said.
"You're leaving so soon?" Hunter asked.
"My friends and I are going to the park," I said. "You want to come?"
"Sure," said Hunter.
"Get in," I said.
"Who's this?" Holly asked.
"I'm Hunter," said Hunter.
I got in and sat on Hunter's lap.
"Oh," said Holly. "Well, hey!"
We started driving. We turned on the radio and American Pie by Don Mclean came on.
"I love this song!" I said.
"Me, too," said Hunter.
We started singing. I kept mumbling the lyrics when I wasn't singing out loud.
I sang:
A long, long time ago
I can still remember how that music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I can make these people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
Holly sang:
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad new news on every doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
Bailey sang:
I can't remember if I cried
When I resd about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died
We all sang:
So bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Tiffy sang:
Did you write the book of love
And do you have face in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow
Chealsa sang:
Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blue
Toni sang
I was a lonely teenager broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
We all sang:
I started signin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Mimi sang:
Now for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin' stone
But that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang to the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Tori sang:
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
Kitty sang:
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
A quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We all sang:
We were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Bitzi sang:
Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a foreward pass
with the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Disee sang:
Now the halftime air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
Sammy sang:
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refushed to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the day the music died
We all sang:
We started singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Sophia sang:
Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come, Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
I sang:
Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
Holly sang:
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light that sacrificial rite
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
We all sang:
He was singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
Bailey sang:
I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy new
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man said the music wouldn't play
Amy sang:
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
Hunter sang:
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
They cauught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
We all sang:
And they were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
They were singin' bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee, butthe levee was dried
And them good old boys drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' "This'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die
We all clapped.
"That song is the shit!" said Sammy.
"Yeah it is!"
We got to the park.
"What are we going to do here?" I asked.
"I texted the guys," said Holly. "They'll be here in about twenty minutes. They're going to bring flashlights."
We waited twenty minutes and Jack, Zane, Trevor, Austin, Eli, Kevin, Eliot, and Josh arrived with flashlights.
We spent a lot of time playing on the playground and tunning around. Holly and I were singing Last Friday Night by Katy Perry.
At around one a. m. we started getting tired and went home. I was spending the night at Holly's so I wouldn't get in trouble for being home so late.
We spent the rest of the night watching movies. Neither of us got any sleep that night.
The next day was uneventful. I fell asleep earlier, but I think that was because I pulled an all-nighter.
I fell asleep watching How I Met Your Mother. I fell asleep at:
"Go for Barney, what's your cup size?" said Barney. "Oh, hi Mom."
My head was hurting, and I felt pain throughout my body.
"Did she wake up?" I heard Zelda say.
"No," said Enjolras' voice. "I'm afraid not."
"But she will wake up, won't she?" Daisy asked fearfully.
"I hope so," said Enjolras. "I really hope so."
"I hope so, too, Monsieur," said Zelda.
I opened my eyes.
"Zelda," I said.
"Belle!" I heard Zeld gasped. "She's awake!"
Zelda wrapped her arms around my throat.
"What happened?" I croaked.
"You didn't wake up yesterday," Daisy said.
Enjolras appaered he knelt down at my bedside.
"I came over to take you on the walk I promised," Enjolras said, "and your sister and Madamoiselle Freebourne were crying saying that you wouldn't wake up. I had Joly come over and check on you. He said you were ill. You kept mumbling something about loving something and about 'This'll be the day that I day.' I'm not going to lie, that scared us all a little."
So everything I said in the real world, Mabelle says in her sleep.
"Who's James Dean?" Enjolras asked.
"What?" I asked.
"You said something about James Dean," said Enjolras.
"Oh," I said. "He's an American Performer."
I hope that's who he was. That's what I got out of the song If I'm James Dean, You're Audrey Hepburn.
Enjolras looked like he sighed in relief.
There was a knock at the door.
"I'll get it," said Zelda.
Zelda walked to the door.
"Hello, Gavroche," said Zelda.
"Did she wake up?" Gavroche asked.
"Can I see her?" Gavroche asked.
"Can he, Monsieur?" Zelda asked Enjolras.
Enjolras looked at me
"Can he?" I asked.
"Yes," Enjolras said.
Gavroche came rushing in to my bedside.
"Hello, Monsieur Gavroche," I said.
"How're ya feelin'?" Gavroche asked.
"I feel fine," I said. "Just a few aches and pains."
"Perhaps we should leave you to rest," said Enjolras.
"I just spent a day asleep," I said. "I'm not tired."
"But still, you should rest," Enjolras said. "I'll have Joly come over later to check on you."
"Alright then," I said.
I closed my eyes and fell asleep.
I sat up in my bed.
So I fall asleep in my dream, I wake up in real life.
I grabbed my laptop and began watching Brickleberry. After watching three episodes, I started getting tired again. I assumed it was time for Mabelle to wake up.
I laid down and closed my eyes.
When I opened my eyes, I saw Zelda, Daisy, and Gavroche sitting on the floor talking and Enjolras sitting next to me, holding my hand and looking worried.
"Hello," I said, turning to Enjolras.
Enjolras let go of my hand and looked down.
"Do you feel any better?" Enjolras asked.
"Yes," I said. "Yes, I do."
"Good," said Enjolras.
"Enjolras, it looks like you need sleep," I said. "Did you get any sleep last night?"
"No," Enjolras admitted.
"Why not?" I asked.
"I was having trouble," said Enjolras.
"Do you know why?" I asked.
Enjolras nodded.
"Can you tell me?" I asked.
"You," Enjolras said simply.
I smiled slightly.
"Me?" I asked.
"Joly said you were very ill," Enjolras said. "He said you might not wake up. You're a good friend. I didn't want to lose you."
My smile grew.
"I consider you to be a great friend, too," I said. "That was a very sweet thing for you to say."
Enjolras smiled slightly.
Joly came over a little while later and said that I would live, but would be in bed for quite some time. Enjolras didn't attend the meeting for the second night in a row. Apparently he had been so worried he spent the night here, and he would spend another night here because he was still so worried. When it was time for Zelda and Daisy (they would be sleeping on the floor so there would be less of a chance they would get sick), I sang to them like always.
Black clouds are behind me
I now can see a hill
Often I wonder why I try
Hoping for an end
Sorrow weighs my shoulders down
And trouble haunts my mind
But I know the the present will not last
And tomorrow will be kinder
"Love you, Belle," said Zelda "Love you, Daisy."
Tomorrow will be kinder
It's true I've seen it before
A brighter day is coming my way
Yes tomorrow will be kinder
"Love you Mabelle," said Daisy. "Love you, Zelda."
Today I've cried a many tear
And pain is in my heart
Around me lies a somber scene
I don't know where to start
But I feel warmth on my skin
The stars have all aligned
The wind has blown but now I know
That tomorrow will be kinder
"I love you both, too," I said.
Tomorrow will be kinder
I know I've seen it before
A brighter day is coming my way
Yes tomorrow will be kinder
I blew them each a kiss.
A brighter day is coming my way
Yes tomorrow will be kinder
